Improvement in propelling canal-boats



wlLsoN P. MORE. f Improvement in Propelling Canal Boats. No.125,207.

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Patented April 2, 1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN PROPELLING CANAL-BOATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,207, dated April 2,1872.

Specification describing an Improvement in Chain Motors for Canal-Boats,invented by WILSON P. MORE, of Moresville, in the county of Delaware andState of New York.-

The invention Will first be fully described and then clearly pointed ontin the claim.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section 3 Fig. 2, an end View; Fig.3, a transverse vertical section; and Fig. 4, another longitudinalsection of a canal-boat to which my improvements are applied.

A represents acanal-boat, and B the endless chain, passinglengthwisearound the middle, (or nearly so.) C C are grooved driving- Wheels, onpulleys, which are rotated by suitable power applied on the boat. D Dare pivoted chain-guides, placed respectively at each end of boat, andmovable laterally on the rods g g, so as to serve the purpose both ofrudder and guide. F is a trough, arranged on deck, beneath the chain,and receivingthe drip therefrom. rlhis trough is constructed on adecline from the middle toward each end, so as to transfer the drippingsand discharge them at any desirable point. The chain is made heavy, togive tractonal power 5 and loose, so as to bring as large a portion aspossible of its surface in frictional contact with the bottom of thecanal. It may or may not be provided with spikes or points f, they beingauxiliary, but not necessary tO the principle of Operation. The chain iscomposed of heavy main links and intermediate open connecting-links, soth at on levels larger or smaller portions of the chain may be readilyremoved, and reinserted when on grades of more orless acclivity ordeclivity.

I am aware that drag-chains, combined With a power inside the boat, havebeen used for moving canal-boats but What I claim as new, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with movable endless drive-chain B of a canal-boat, ofthe pivoted and laterally vibratory chain-guides D D, arranged,respectively, at boW and stern, as set forth, and for the purpose (bothOt' guiding and steering) as described.

WILSON l?. MORE.

Witnesses H. N. WIOKEs, HARRIET GREGORY.

